David French is a prominent Never Trump writer and a darling of Southern Baptist evangelical leaders like Russell Moore and Al Mohler. Both French and his wife routinely attack evangelicals for supporting Donald Trump. Both French and his wife claim evangelicals compromise Christian beliefs for political expediency. French is a writer for National Review and an important constitutional lawyer for Christian religious liberty. French defended a neutral secular public square in a story published by the New Yorker. French in his defense of the liberal political order praised Drag Queen Story Hours.
But, what makes this New Yorker quote important is how revealing it is about French and elite evangelicalism.